November 22, 2009
GREENSBORO — Flick on a light switch. You just burned coal or split the atom. For decades, North Carolina has generated almost all of its electricity with coal-fired or nuclear power plants. But that’s changing. The state’s electricity s...
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November 21, 2009
It’s one of the quintessential sounds of Christmas: the jingle of coins as they hit the bottom of the Salvation Army kettle. But the traditional sound will have a modern companion this year: the plastic clicks of a credit card in action.
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November 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — UNCG undergraduates might not be thrilled about the prospect of paying an additional $254 in tuition and fees — but it could have been much worse, school officials suggested Thursday. Administrators noted that, facing a dire budge...
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November 15, 2009
GREENSBORO — If you needed additional evidence of North Carolina’s changing economy, it’s on display at the Greensboro Children’s Museum. There, in a new temporary exhibit, children can learn about some of the essentials of manufac...
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GREENSBORO — Demographics, not environmental factors, might explain an “elevated” number of pancreatic cancer cases near the White Street Landfill, according to the Guilford County Health Department.
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November 13, 2009
The rain that has soaked the state for the past three days closed some roads and toppled trees, but the Triad area largely escaped serious damage . Area waterways, including Horsepen and South Buffalo creeks, spilled over their banks with the rain, which...
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November 11, 2009
GREENSBORO — For his most recent assignment for the Greensboro Historical Museum, Roger Weigold has found himself thinking like a detective.His mission: Find veterans willing to tell their stories.It used to be easy to find World War II vets.
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November 8, 2009
MONROETON — In the middle of mile after mile of farmland stands a building that could one day mean the difference between life and death for southern Rockingham County residents. The gleaming new fire station on Benaja Road means shorter response ti...
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Q. How long should you keep your bank statements and checks? I have 25 years of accumulated stuff. — Betty Krieg, Greensboro A. There are two basic approaches to this problem. Let’s first explore the one that doesn’t involve a buil...
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November 6, 2009
For three Moses Cone Hospital employees, not wanting to get a seasonal flu shot was worth losing a job. While they might have paid a high price for their stance, they’re not alone. Many Americans, urged on by prominent skeptics such as Rush Limbaugh...
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November 4, 2009
GREENSBORO — The newest addition to Moses Cone Hospital took shape in the middle of a parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Two tents erected in the course of a few hours will form a key part of the hospital’s plan to deal with a serious flu outbrea...
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November 1, 2009
A fatal hit-and-run last weekend on a rural road in northern Guilford County was a grim reminder that although cars and bicycles share the road, that coexistence is not always peaceful.There are frustrations and misunderstandings — not to mention m...
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October 21, 2009
GREENSBORO — The late arrival to the children’s gymnastics class looked a little different than the toddlers playing on the mats inside: It had hooves and antlers and came bounding in through a plate glass window.
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GREENSBORO — A slow drive through New Irving Park on a weekday morning will show a neighborhood vibrant with activity. On one street, a woman walks her dog. Around the corner, another woman takes a late-morning jog. Contractors are working everywher...
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October 20, 2009
EDEN — A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency found the coal ash ponds at Duke Energy’s Dan River plant to be in “fair” condition. The agency reviewed 43 of the ponds, which hold the waste produced by coal-fired pow...
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October 18, 2009
ASHEBORO — The decades-long battle over whether Asheboro should allow alcohol to be sold included dramatic claims from both sides. On the one, drinking and driving would soar. Drunks would stagger down the street. On the other, the economy would boo...
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October 14, 2009
Mary Radcliffe thought she’d lost her. The little girl she’d raised as a toddler. The girl whose pictures and report cards she kept. The girl who never left Radcliffe’s thoughts since she was adopted out of her foster home 25 years ag...
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October 7, 2009
GREENSBORO — Guilford County’s public health department has received more than 2,000 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine, officials said Tuesday. The doses are all in the form of the inhaled nasal spray, the department said in an e-mailed news...
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October 5, 2009
GREENSBORO — When doctors talk about Moses Cone’s newest piece of technology, they sound like they’re talking about a weapon. And they are. The hospital’s new radiation therapy equipment, the first of its kind to be installed in No...
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October 3, 2009
Open space. Untouched vistas. Natural beauty. That’s what Guilford County’s open space program is designed to preserve in the rural areas that border its sprawling cities. But does that work in urban areas as well? In a world of sidewalks and...
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September 30, 2009
Stand at the intersection of Hines Chapel and McLeansville roads. Look north. South. East. West. In each direction, as far as the eye can see, stretch fields and forests, their greens and browns distinctively marking this rural corner of Guilford County.
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September 28, 2009
GREENSBORO — Forty-three years. That’s how long it’s been since Ellen Gerber fell in love with the person who would become her partner for life. Forty-three years of love — but no wedding ring. And that’s why they soon will b...
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September 27, 2009
EDEN — An effort to teach reading to adults in Rockingham County has always been on the lookout for volunteers. But with mills closing and unemployment high, the need has gone from serious to dire. More than 50 people are on the waiting list for hel...
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September 24, 2009
GREENSBORO — Last year, more than 1,000 sixth-graders — roughly one of every five countywide — failed to provide proof of a key vaccination by the day of the deadline, and hundreds found themselves turned away from school.
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September 23, 2009
GREENSBORO — Grass and trees have trumped asphalt — a lane’s worth, at least — in the design for a major road project in northwest Greensboro. The estimated $28 million widening of Horse Pen Creek Road calls for a four-lane road wi...
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